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The 3-1 Los Angeles Rams have been boosted staggeringly by first year head coach Sean McVay’s offensive scheming. It has made Jeff Fisher’s 2016 monstrosity look utterly archaic. After a quarter of the season, this Rams offense has scored the most points in the league. Moreover, it has managed to compensate for a defense that…

Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay is all about mismatches – just ask Oakland Raiders cornerback T.J. Carrie. Cooper Kupp’s ability to create separation consistently when faced with man coverage from Carrie was a clear imbalance that McVay repeatedly exploited in Week 2 of the preseason. The 31-year-old mainly schemed this through an angle…

Ezekiel Elliott was the most talented running back to be drafted over the last three drafts. That includes names like Todd Gurley, Melvin Gordon, Derrick Henry, Leonard Fournette, Christian McCaffrey, and Dalvin Cook. And next year LSU’s Derrius Guice and Penn State’s Saquon Barkley will look to knock Zeke off the top of the running…

The Los Angeles Rams’ 2017 draft was peppered with small-school reaches. While the Rams may not have gained the best value from the 2017 NFL Draft, the overall process did contain a few positives. The offensive selections demonstrate that the front office has a clear acknowledgement of the scheme that new head coach Sean McVay…

Sometimes in fantasy football you need to think big to win. Doug Moore presents his Week 9 fantasy football bold predictions that will separate you from the competition. We are now over halfway through the fantasy football regular season, which marks the time when owners may need to take some risks in order to orient themselves for a strong playoff…

Sometimes a player just needs a big day to get things going, and that is just why the schedule makers put the Detroit Lions on your docket. Dave Archibald details the excellent day Rams quarterback Case Keenum had against the Detroit Lions and wonders what it will lead to for the former backup signal caller.…

Four weeks are behinds us and it’s time to start getting that roster right for a playoff push. With Week 4 history, Doug Moore presents his Week 4 fantasy football bold predictions that will separate you from the competition. With bye weeks upon us and the weather starting to turn, it is time to separate pretenders from contenders in fantasy football…

As preseason comes to a close, people rush to sort things, sufficient information be dratted, and Los Angeles Rams #1 pick Jared Goff is not immune. Jon Ledyard takes a look at Jared Goff’s preseason to contextualize this struggles and concludes that there is no need to hit the panic button yet. When the Los Angeles Rams made…

It’s American football in all its glory and weirdness, and it was in Sydney, Australia. So too was Justin Twell, our foreign football fan, (well, one of them), and he writes about his experience taking in American football in Australia. The 2016 college football season is finally underway, and there was no better place for it to…

Everyone has had a fantasy football season derailed due to an injury to their top running back and left to pick up scrubs off the waiver wire scrap heap. Don’t let that be you this year. Andrew Jordan guides you to the key fantasy football running back handcuffs to focus on this season so that…

Scho knows football, but can he do the kind of scouting needed for a competitive fantasy football league? Can he spot who is undervalued? Who is overvalued? Read on and learn how our own Mark Schofield did in the draft in his first foray into big league fantasy football in his RummyMFL100 experience. Listen, here’s…

Now is the time to start thinking about your upcoming fantasy football draft strategy, as rosters begin to take shape across the NFL. One popular strategy is to draft running backs early and often, but as Doug Moore explains, you might be better off taking a WR in the 1st round. As we approach the…

The 2016 NFL season begins now, with 32 teams scheming to knock off the reigning champion Denver Broncos. The NFL Draft is just around the corner, but the first step in any offseason plan is to assess a team’s needs. Here we look at what the Los Angeles Rams team needs are. The Rams finished third…

Draft season kicked off back in August, but with the bowls complete and the early entrants declared, it is just halftime of the scouting process. In his Inside The Pylon debut, Chris Dougherty delivers Ezekiel Elliott on two: a look at the vision and patience of the former Ohio State running back. The emphasis on…

Football is littered with specialized terminology. From punt gunner to climbing the pocket, commentators rarely get to explain everything you need to know before the next play. Inside The Pylon’s glossary was developed to give fans a deeper understanding of the game through clear explanations, as well as image and video examples. Please contact us with…

How do NFL teams allocate resources? Dave Archibald has looked at the real price of contract extensions and draft picks on quarterbacks. In this installment, he looks at how teams evaluate running back investment. Historically, running backs have been some of the game’s most glamorous stars, with top backs like Jim Brown, Frank Gifford, and (gulp) O.J. Simpson parlaying their…